Chapter 16: The Son of Maoyi
Everyone was eating and chatting, and then General Mao suddenly asked: "Brother Feng, my brother asked you something, to be honest, are you willing to stay in our army?" You can choose the position, with your skills, if you want to make a contribution on the battlefield, it is only a matter of time! Now it just so happens that there is a vacant position on my side, I don't know about you... ”
Lin Feng chewed on the meat and replied vaguely: "General Mao, I am a small-minded person and don't have so many big ambitions. I also took a family of more than 20 people to live in hiding in the mountains, I don't talk so much nonsense with you, just tell you directly, if you really thank me, you send me a few transport carriages, a few better horses, and rice noodles, each send me 500 stone (a stone is about 59 kilograms) on the line, and there are clothes, I want 900 sets, if you have silver, it's best to have some, I'm really not interested in anything else... Come, come, drink one! ”
After speaking, Lin Feng picked up the bowl and a big bowl by himself, and then patted his stomach, feeling that he had almost eaten. Then he squinted his eyes and said to General Mao, who was drinking on the side: "Of course, if you feel embarrassed, just let me not say it, anyway, I have eaten this meal!" If you're embarrassed, forget it, it doesn't matter! ”
General Mao, who was thinking over there, suddenly finished drinking the wine and put the bowl down, shook his head and replied: "It's not embarrassing, brother, it's okay to say that the silver is good, this military ration... It's really hard to say, do you think this will work? Ten carriages, twenty-five good horses, a thousand sets of clothes and supplies, and as for rice and noodles, three hundred stone each! As for the silver, I'll settle you three thousand taels out of my own pocket. After speaking, he was very distressed, "tsk, tsk" mouth! looks like an honest migrant worker!
After Lin Feng heard this, he quickly thought about it, six hundred stones of grain, that is, about 36,000 kilograms, is enough for seventy or eighty thousand people to eat for a day, and we are only four hundred, no matter how it is calculated, it is enough for us to eat for half a year! The carriage and the horse also said that in the past, there is more silver! After making up his mind, Lin Feng said directly: "The food is a little too little, since you are not very sufficient, then five thousand taels of silver!" ”
"Okay! I'll give you ten thousand taels of silver! "Unexpectedly, this migrant worker-like General Mao not only agreed, but also promised to give me 10,000 taels! How could something so good?
Then he spoke again: "But you have to help me with one thing!" After speaking, he showed a smile that had succeeded in his treacherous scheme, which immediately reminded Lin Feng of the smiles of Old Zhao and Old Man Li who were still on the mountain when they fooled themselves.
Lin Feng shuddered and asked, "What's the matter?" Adultery with women, robbery and other unreasonable things are not to be discussed, I would rather not have anything! After speaking, Lin Feng shook his head vigorously!
"It's not a big deal, it's just that I have a son who is only eighteen this year! I want to entrust him to your care! After speaking, General Mao sighed and continued: "To be honest, our chances of winning this decisive battle are simply too small!" But I am a general, born as a Datang person, and died as a Datang ghost! But the fifth generation of our Mao family is just such a son, I can't let him be dragged down! Then he drank a big bowl of wine!
"Oh, that's what happened. It's easy to do, and I promise you that no one will be able to hurt him! But General Mao, you can't be so pessimistic... You have to have confidence in yourself and Datang! If you haven't fought yet, you can't lose your confidence first! Lin Feng assured and encouraged General Mao.
General Mao turned his head to Wei Dayong and said, "Dayong, you go and call Xiaohao here, just say that I have something to discuss with him!" After watching Wei Dayong get up and go out, General Mao said to Lin Feng again: "Brother Feng, I won't say anything else!" I believe that your character and ability will definitely take care of Xiao Hao, so I will entrust him to you! ”
After speaking, he got up and rummaged through the box next to him for a while, and then took out a small box like a trick, and then said: "This is my savings for so many years, I sent my henchmen back a few days ago to bring it, and there are two thousand taels of gold in it, which I gave you personally, and I still give it to you in the same amount!" There is also a piece of my family's heirloom jade pendant inside, even Xiao Hao has never seen it, if anything happens in the future, you will hand it over to Xiao Hao on my behalf! I just hope you can take care of Xiao Hao on my behalf, please accept me! After speaking, he solemnly bowed to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng hurriedly got up to help General Mao, pulled him to sit down, and then assured him vigorously: "General Mao, you can rest assured, from the moment I took Xiao Hao away, I will treat him as my own brother!" So you're always relieved, aren't you? ”
"Okay! With your words, I am relieved! Come on, let's have a drink! General Mao looked very happy, and after touching Lin Feng as he spoke, he drank all the wine in the bowl.
At this time, Wei Dayong came in with a person and said, "General, someone has brought it." "When it's over, I went out again, and this person came in about 1.8 meters tall, but he was very strong, like a cow, and he didn't want to look like eighteen at all. . .
He walked to the middle, clasped his hands into fists, knelt on one knee, and said loudly: "General Mao, what are your orders!" "It's so strong, and the voice is loud enough, so I feel that my ears are ringing a little!
"Come, come, Xiaohao, get up, I'll introduce you to someone! There are no outsiders today, let's talk about family affairs! No need for so much etiquette! General Mao hurriedly ran down from the upper seat and pulled Xiao Hao to Lin Feng's side, Lin Feng also hurriedly stood up, General Mao introduced on the side: "This is Lin Feng, you can call Brother Feng or Big Brother in the future, it's the thing I told you a few days ago, wait for you to eat something too, and then I'll go with your Brother Feng at night!" ”
"Huh? Father, are you in such a hurry? Didn't you say it would be a few days later? Why is it so urgent all of a sudden? What are you going to do when I'm gone? Xiao Hao asked anxiously. But I didn't look surprised, listening to what General Mao said just now, the two of them should have discussed this kind of thing before.
"Listen to me, this kind of thing doesn't matter if it's planned, it has to be timely, and now that the time has come, it can't be delayed any longer. As for me, you don't have to worry about it! You, Brother Feng, are still your father's lifesaver! Definitely worth entrusting! Just remember what I told you before! ”
After General Mao finished speaking, he patted Xiao Hao's shoulder and said: "Come, come, Xiao Hao, we have spent all these years in the military camp, and we haven't had a drink together, come, let's drink together tonight, Xiao Feng, Xiao Zhou, you drink some together, I will send a team of people to send you to the vicinity in the evening, you don't have to worry about it!" With that, he went back to his seat.